JAWS Highlighted Feature

Visit Mentors' Round Tabletoread our interviews of women in the fields of science and health. These are women of varying levels of experience and backgrounds, brought to the table to answer your questions about everything from work-life balance to financial management. Read on, be inspired, and leave them (and us!) a comment!

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JAWS was founded by two women who share a vision and a name. Miriam S. and Miriam L. met via e-mail when Miriam L. sought advice from Miriam S., an MD-PhD student, about entering the medical field. You could say they were the first mentor-mentee pair formed by JAWS. It became apparent to both of them that lack of appropriate role models, mentorship and discussion amongst Jewish women was holding many college graduates back from seeking careers in the fields of math and science. Miriam L. formed a campus group to address this issue and Miriam S. was so inspired by her brave actions she asked Miriam L. to partner with her in creating a national organization. The rest, as they say, is history.